Editing Alexanderplatz (section)

===East Germany===
[[File:Press Cafe in East Berlin on Alexanderplatz, 1977.jpg|thumb|right|The Pressecafé in 1977. The mural displaying the Marxist view of the press had been covered over by commercial advertising, but has since been re-revealed.]]
[[File:Berlin - Fernsehturm - 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|The {{lang|de|Fernsehturm Berlin|italic=no}} seen from a distance]]

{{lang|de|Alexanderplatz|italic=no}} has been subject to redevelopment several times in its history, most recently during the 1960s, when it was turned into a pedestrian zone and enlarged as part of the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]]'s redevelopment of the city centre. It is surrounded by several notable structures including the {{lang|de|[[Fernsehturm Berlin|Fernsehturm]]}} ('TV Tower').

During the [[Peaceful Revolution]] of 1989, the [[Alexanderplatz demonstration|{{lang|de|Alexanderplatz|italic=no|nocat=y}} demonstration]] on 4 November 1989 was the largest demonstration in the history of the [[German Democratic Republic]]. [[Protest]]s starting 15 October and peaked on 4 November with an estimated 200,000 participants who called on the government of the ruling [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] to step down and demanded a free press, the opening of the borders and their right to travel. Speakers were {{lang|de|[[Christa Wolf]]|italic=no}}, {{lang|de|[[Stefan Heym]]|italic=no}}, {{lang|de|[[Friedrich Schorlemmer]]|italic=no}}, {{lang|de|[[Heiner Müller]]|italic=no}}, {{lang|de|[[Lothar Bisky]]|italic=no}}, {{lang|de|[[Christoph Hein]]|italic=no}} and {{lang|de|[[Steffie Spira]]|italic=no}}. The protests continued and culminated in the unexpected [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]] on 9 November 1989.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kowalczuk |first=Ilko-Sascha |date=2009 |title=Endspiel, die Revolution von 1989 in der DDR |trans-title=Endgame, the 1989 Revolution in the GDR |url=https://www.chbeck.de/kowalczuk-sascha-endspiel/product/15144793 |language=de |location=Munich |publisher=C.H. Beck Verlag |isbn=9783406583575}}</ref> [[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-1104-437, Berlin, Demonstration am 4. November.jpg |thumb|right| The 4 November 1989 [[Alexanderplatz demonstration]]]]